Great Recession

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened? On Jan. 31, 2006, the Senate approved the appointment of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 was trading at 1,280.08 and the Dow...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened: On this day in 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 11% after U.S. and European central banks announced a coordinated effort to provide liquidity to the global financial...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has dealt a severe blow to the U.S. economy. Markets are in record declines. More than 30 million Americans have filed for unemployment and several businesses have already gone under. It's no doubt: we may be headed for a recession. And for many...

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced their worst days since 1987 on Monday as the volatile stock market continues to whipsaw. While the market has seemingly been extremely unpredictable for weeks now, DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas said he's been...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) built its recent success on next-day delivery. But it didn't get there overnight. Amazon has grown immensely in market capitalization in its two decades-plus as a public company, going from a 1997 IPO market value of $438 million to more than $800 billion. But it...

At least 188,000 California residents have been evacuated from the Oroville area due to concerns about the integrity of the country’s tallest dam. The latest potential national infrastructure emergency has Americans anxious for President Donald Trump to begin his $1 trillion, 10-year...

Even as 2016 whimpered to a tame close from a Main Street perspective, there is no denying of the fact that under former President Barack Obama, the economy staged a fairly decent recovery from the Great Recession. Data released earlier this year showed the economy expanding at a 1.9 percent...

In December, the Federal Reserve finally began its first interest rate tightening cycle since the Great Recession. With the timing of the next rate hike now a hot topic of debate among traders, Goldman Sachs analyst Jan Hatzius took a look back at past tightening cycles and how often they resulted...

The traditional 60/40 portfolio investment strategy may now be obsolete. According to BMO Global Asset Management Head of Multi-Asset Solutions Lowell Yura, the strategy of a balanced portfolio of 60 percent equities and 40 percent bonds will likely dramatically underperform its historical gains...

Want an edge on volatility? Try this. Get real-time, award-winning market intelligence from a Macro Insider. In the years since the financial crisis, policy makers worldwide have fought a constant battle against deflation. According to a recent report by Bank of America, “monetary ammo...

It's easy for any trader keeping up with the daily moves of certain stocks and watching short-term catalysts to lose sight of the big picture. That’s why it’s important to take a step back from time to time and remember exactly what’s going on from a historical perspective....

GasBuddy.com just released its fuel price outlook for 2015 and the news for motorists is nothing short of spectacular. For the year, GasBuddy projects the average price for gasoline in the U.S. will be $2.64. “Toward the end of 2014, the market showed bountiful supply, strong production...

The average price of gasoline in the United States on January 1, 2014, was $3.29 per gallon. December 31, 2014, it was $2.24 or more than $1 per gallon less than at the beginning of the year. When gasoline price website, GasBuddy.com, issued its 2014 Fuel Price Outlook, it said the year “...